Scholarly Activities

Val D. Hawks

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Hawks, Val, "The Discipline of Manufacturing:  Defining Characteristics and Educational Objectives". International Conference on Manufacturing Education Proceedings, October, 1998 

• Hawks, Val, "Rediscovering Learning: A Survey of Factors that Affect Student Learning in Engineering Education." IEEE/ASEE FIE 1996 Proceedings, pp. 314-318.  Of over 300 papers from 14 countries this paper received the Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award for the 1996 conference.

• Terry R., Benzeley S., Hawks V., Judd D., "Incorporation of Technology Based Aids for Teaching Engineering Ethics." IEEE/ASEE FIE 1996 Proceedings, pp. 1155-1158. 

• V. Hawks, M. Bonadies,A. B. Strong, M. Reid. "Identifying Costs in Electronics Manuacturing Using Activity-Based Costing", Journal of Applied Manufacturing, St. Thomas Press, St. Paul, Minn.

• V. Hawks, D. Saunders, A.B. Strong, D. Cole. "Determination of Physical Properties in Injection Molded Composites Using Design of Experiments Method." SAMPE Quarterly, July 1992, page 46. (Reprints have been requested).

• D. Fogg, A.B. Strong, V. Hawks. "Managing the Introduction of New Technology to Engineers and Manufacturers", Journal of Engineering and Technology, Fall 1991, page 20.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS

• For three years I organized, conducted, and  presented at an annual Conference on Quality and Productivity for Small Manufacturing Operations held at BYU.  1994-1996.  Topics included:

  • From Ground Zero to Control Charts

  • ISO 9000 - What it Really is Good For

  • How to Begin Process Improvements Using Basic Quality Tools

  • Determining and Reducing Quality Costs

  • Design of Experiments for Beginners

  • Using Teams, JIT & Kanban

• Invited Guest Lecturer, University of Jordan, Amman Jordan, April 24 - May 5, 1994, Lectures Presented: 1) Quality Trends, 2) Manufacturing Systems and Methods: Early to Modern, 3) Manufacturing Linkages: Customers, Suppliers, and Others, 4) Manufacturing With Teams, and 5) Quality Guru's, Their Theories, and Applications.

• "Engineering Education: A Paragon of Liberal Inquiry", Design Productivity Institute and International Conference.  Peer reviewed paper accepted for publication and presentation in Honolulu, Hawaii, February, 1991.

• "Is Education Getting in the Way of Learning", Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, Toronto, Canada, June, 1990.  Published in conference proceedings, p. 3.

• Designed and presented a 3 hour Shortcourse for Schlumberger CAD/CAM in spring of 1990.  This solicited seminar was part of a one week training course offered to Schlumberger CAD/CAM international Sales and Applications Engineering personnel on the function of design and CAD.

• "You Can't Pray a Lie", Keynote address given for the National Association of CALMA Users, April, 1988, Santa Clara, California.